Johnny B’s – Medford, Oregon
While watching 100 Watt Mind at Johnny B’s a couple weeks ago, Mr. Johnny B, himself, couldn’t resist Brynna Dean’s vocals. I decided to focus on his unmistakable, greased-back head for this next photo.
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100 Watt Mind (band)
Skyler Squiglio on guitar for 100 Watt Mind
After Fates Medallion left the stage at Johnny B’s, we were treated with 100 Watt Mind.
Brynna Dean has some amazing pipes. I’ll try to get some more photos of 100 Watt Mind up soon.
I did some more video experimentation. Next gig I’ll have the video nailed.
Eden Valley Orchards
Grapes on the vine at Eden Valley Orchards - Medford, Oregon
The Rogue Valley has historically been known as a Mecca for pears. With global warming it may become the Napa Valley of the 21st (or 22nd?) Century. The number of wineries has grown substantially in the past couple decades.
A couple days ago I was at a conference at Eden Valley Orchards, also home to the EdenVale Winery, and the ripe grapes looked about ready for picking.
Mt. Ashland sunset
Sunset facing Medford from the top of Mt. Ashland
The lights in the distance are in Medford. I took this photo from the top of Mt. Ashland in late August. There aren’t many days in the year when you can get to the top of Mt. Ashland in a car (because of snow).
For a reverse view (from Medford during the day), a couple months earlier, check out this pic.
Mt. Ashland from Medford
I’m in Copenhagen, Denmark (at least I hope I am–I have actually pre-blogged this to post when I’m in Denmark). But this was the view a week and a half ago from Medford on the Bear Creek Greenway which runs from Ashland all the way to Central Point. From this vantage point on the bike overpass you get a clear view of Mt. Ashland and the I-5 sign pointing you to Ashland.
Peter Cornett of Floater
Pete, Floater’s drummer, opened up for Rob. Imagine if you will back to the late 1970s when the members of Kiss all made their solo albums. I’m not a Kiss fan so I don’t know anything about those records but I’m guessing all of the band members did not move to the guitar on them. I’m guessing Gene still played the bass, Peter played drums, etc. Maybe I’m wrong. The members of Floater, on the other hand, all play guitar on their solo albums. Pete opened for Rob playing nothing but guitar. Rob, who is Floater’s bassist, played only guitar as well. Maybe this only strikes me as interesting.
Anyway, Pete’s CD goes by the name Riverboat I believe. I couldn’t find it on amazon.
I’ll leave you with another song from Rob’s set (with Pete on drums). This is a song called “Come to Me” off Rob’s new CD. He tells a little story about it before playing.
End of volleyball season
Yesterday was the last tournament of the season for mOcean volleyball. This one was held at the North Medford High School gym, home of the Black Tornado. My bum is ready to rejoice for not having to sit on a hard, bleacher seat for hours on end any longer.
Softball
I took my first swings of the year yesterday. Felt great. They weren’t at the field pictured above, which is where we have our games in Medford. They were in Ashland at the Iowa Street fields. The view was beautiful. It looked like this as the snow from a few days back has yet to melt on the top of Grizzly Peak. Alas, I didn’t have my camera with me so I have no real photos of the day.
University of Oregon Ducks plane
It’s time to wrap up this series from my recent trip to Seattle. I’ll do so with a photo of the plane we flew on from Seattle to Medford. We arrived at the stroke of midnight (thanks to a delay in our departure).
Flying into Medford
One more pic from our return flight from SFO to MFR. Here we are approaching the airport in Medford. The United flight was on a small plane with probably about 30 seats. Several were empty and most were taken up with the bodies of Japanese middle schoolers who were on our same flight from Narita (Tokyo) to San Francisco. I found out they were doing a mini, one-week home stay in Eagle Point and White City (Oregon). Since I was the only one on the flight who could speak both English and Japanese they moved me to the exit row. That was nice as I had more leg room, but it meant my view was obstructed by the wing and propeller of this small plane.
Small planes coming from the south have to go over the mountains that spring up on the California-Oregon border. Frequently this involves a load of hair-raising turbulence, and this flight experienced about as much turbulence as I have felt on the dozen or so planes I’ve taken on this Medford-San Francisco journey. The Japanese kids were freaking out but had big smiles on their faces when we finally landed.